Why are we here, What are we striving for?

She never gets past item three. Because she doesn’t know. And the not-knowing used to feel like a failure. Now, at forty-four, it’s starting to feel like a door.

The number one answer: "That you have it all figured out."

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Her hair is in a ponytail that is doing more psychological heavy lifting than any ponytail should reasonably be asked to do. The gray at her temples isn’t “sparkle” or “wisdom lights” or any of the euphemisms other women her age post about on Instagram. It’s just gray. A ceasefire between her and time. She hasn’t decided if she’ll dye it again. The indecision itself feels like a kind of freedom.